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Don Quixote with a lance riding a horse attacks a barber. Engraving by William Hogarth.

Tillingham : A second Virgin Mary! : from some fragmentary leaves, in the possession of Charles Clark. (Fac-simile reprint) / printed by Charles Clark, (an amateur) at his Private Press.

A lunatic in a barred cell imagines himself to be a leading actor in a melodrama. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria") being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

A man riding a donkey deludes himself into believing that he is on a splendid horse. Coloured etching by G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria"), being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

Socio-cultural influences on schizophrenic delusions in the twentieth century / Hideyuki Fujimori.

Hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson's / Parkinson's UK.

Briefing for a descent into Hell / Doris Lessing.

Delusion : internal dimensions of political life / James M. Glass.

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A barber is asked to shave a man who has no facial hair. Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

Socio-cultural influences on schizophrenic delusions in the twentieth century / Hideyuki Fujimori.

Hallucinations and delusions in Parkinson's / Parkinson's UK.

Briefing for a descent into Hell / Doris Lessing.

Delusion : internal dimensions of political life / James M. Glass.